title: Effect of gonadal steroid hormones on the metabolic rate of the cold-acclimated gonadectomized male and female Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal).
abstract: Male and female Chalcides ocellatus were gonadectomized and cold acclimated at 15 degrees for 1 week. Lizards were injected with testosterone and estradiol, and their oxygen consumption was determined at 15 degrees. Testosterone and estradiol caused a significant increase in the whole body rate of oxygen consumption in male and female lizards, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: al-Sadoon
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: el-Banna
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Abdo
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: al-Rasheid
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D003081:Cold Climate; D004958:Estradiol / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D008116:Lizards / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D012621:Seasons; D013739:Testosterone / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D013739:Testosterone; D004958:Estradiol